Combination chair and stepladder



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Patented Jan. 30, 1934 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICIE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a combination chair and stepladder.

The invention provides, in one of its embodiments, a combination article of the character mentioned which includes a cabinet carried by the chair under the seat and a door for closing the cabinet and swingable from a vertical position in which it closes the cabinet to a horizontal position, in which latter position a foot rest of foot form is exposed for use by one seated on the chain.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of the application with the understanding, however, that the improvement is capable or" extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the combination article shown in position for use as a stepladder. The foot rest in this view is shown extended for use.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the combination chair and step-ladder, shown in Fig. 1, this view however showing the cabinet door in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line l 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing for a more detailed description thereof, the combination chair and stepladder comprises a seat 5 mounted on front legs 6 and rear legs '2, and comprises also back posts 8, to which are pivo-tally connected at points 9 and p0 nts 10 back slats 11 and 12, respectively, which are adapted to be swung from a substantially vertical position to a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which latter position they are in step formation, as clearly illustrated. It will also be seen from the drawing that the lower step 11 of the convertible back slats is oiiset or in stepping formation relative to the seat 5 so that the latter also constitutes a step of the ladder.

The convertible back slats mentioned are each pivotally connected to a pair of links 13, which form a support for the uppermost step 12 and connect this step and the step 11 so that they may be swung together from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa. Stop pins 8a project inwardly from the back posts 8 and function as limiting stops for the links 13 which have notches 13a to receive the pins 8a. The step 11 is pivotally connected to a pair of supports 15 which pass through slots 16 in the seat 5. The supports 15 are provided with laterally projecting pins 16a which pass through slots 1'7 formed in braces 18. The mentioned braces are secured at their tops to the side rails 5a and at their bottoms to a cross-piece 19 supported on stretchers 2D. The mentioned braces are angular as are their slots 17, the main portions of said slots being oblique to the chair legs while the upper portions of said slots are horizontal, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the mentioned pins 16, which project from the supports 15, are in the horizontal portions of the slots 17, the supports 15, and therefore the steps 11 and 12, are held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A cabinet 21 rests on the cross-piece 19, said cross-piece forming the bottom of the cabinet. Said cabinet contains shelves 22 and 23. The door of the cabinet is designated by the numeral 25 and is pivotally connected to the front legs 6 of the chair by means of a member 20a, the ends of the latter being pivoted to the mentioned front legs at points designated 26. The cabinet door may thus be swung from a vertical to a horizontal position, in which latter position it exposes a foot rest 27 of foot form carried by it, so that a person sitting on the chair may have his shoes shined. The door 25 also includes a member 28 disposed at right angles to the main part of the door, being vertical when the door is open, as shown in Fig. l, and horizontal when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 2. There is a notch 28a formed on the underside of the member 28, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the mentioned member may be readily pulled outwardly to open the door.

What is claimed is:

A combination chair and stepladder comprising front and rear legs, a seat on the legs, back posts, connected back slats for the chair pivotally supported by said back posts and swing--. able together to a horizontal position to form steps, pairs of supports for the convertible back slats pivotally connected thereto, a pair of braces for said chair, said braces having angular slots therein, the lowermost pair of said supports being provided with means riding in said slots.

WOLDEMAR S. SOMMERL 

